Swarthmorean 1940 April 12

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CONCERT
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VOL. Xn, No. 15
BAND CONCERT
ATH.S. TONIGHT
Second Annual Musical Evening
to Show Phenomenal Progress
of Student Organization
When the curtain is drawn at the College avenue School tonight at 8
o'clock to open the second annual
concert of the High School band
a capacity audience will witness one of
the most beautiful sights ever presented
in the Borough—Swarthmore's own fully
uniformed band of sixty pieces colorfully
arrayed on the enlarged stage of the
auditorium.
Ever since the close of the football
season the band has been diligently working to make this concert a glorious
climax of its year's work. Due to the
extraordinary versatility of several of the
members like Bob Bair, Donald Dunn,
and Jeff Kirk it has been possible to
achieve an instrumental balance rarely
found in young bands. There are now
seventeen clarinets, fifteen trumpets, five
trombones, three mellophones, two flutes,
two baritones, two basses, eight saxophones, six percussion instruments, and
a glockenspiel. It is this fortunate
balance of instruments that produces such
remarkable musical results.
The technical staff consisting of Messrs.
Jenny, Fish and Lawrence, have brought
these young musicians up to an amazing
level of proficiency. In fact the band is
an outstanding example of what can be
accomplished with young people by competent leadership and community cooperation. From this point of view alone, this
concert will be a thrilling experience for
anyone interested in the musical education of young people.
The entire proceeds of the concert will
he used toward paying for the uniforms.
Tickets are on sale at the School. If any
tickets are left they will be sold at the
door.
'PINOCCHIO'GETS
READY FOR YOU
Favorite    Character    of    Young
Readers to Appear on Local
Stage April 27
"Pinocchio," popular through the
years, has taken the country by storm
and is the center of attraction everywhere. It is the subject of Walt Disney's second feature-length cartoon
which opened in Philadelphia this week,
and will be the fourth and last junior
play of this season at the Players' Club
on April 27.
A cast of twenty, headed by Town-
send Scudder, as "Pinocchio," has been
at work for more than a month under
the direction of Gretchen Van De Boe,
who delighted the junior audiences with
her interpretation of Wendy in "Peter
Pan" and who has turned in some good
performances for the senior club also.
Jiminy Cricket, the jovial insect who
is "PinocchioV "official conscience,"
will be played by Harry Warren, while
Mary Jane Servais will be seen as the
liluc Fairy. Harlequin (Roy Bosshardt),
Columbine, (Jerry Dana) and Punchinello (Billie Moore) make an exceptionally good trio of players in the Puppet
Theatre headed by Fire Eater (Irwin
K.   MacElwee).
In the course of his varied career and
many adventures Pinocchio meets
Candlewick (Dick Hoot), the Fox (Sue
Reynolds), the Cat (Nancy Snow), the
Owl (John Rassweiler), the Crow
(Billy MacHenry), the Falcon (Barbara
Krabe), Tunny (Scotty Selzer) and
others.
This is a classic the committee has
long wanted to give to the juniors but
the eight scenes presented many difficulties. These have been cleverly designed by Barbara Dolman Spencer, and
built by David Linton and his technical
staff during spring vacation. The sets
:'re now finished and the painting near-
'ȣ completion. All will be ready for
l'ie matinee and evening performances
(»n Saturday, April 27, which will bring
tiie sixth junior season to its close.
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This Week's Dancing Chaperons
The Swarthmore Junior Assembly
*vill hold classes for the introductory,
advanced and senior classes on Saturday, April 13.
The introductory group will be chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Dana,
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Denworth and Mr.
a"d Mrs. T. B. Whitson.
Chaperons for the advanced class will
°e Mr. and Mrs. James Thomas, Mr.
a"d Mrs. L. H. Peel, Mr. and Mrs.
W- H. Randall, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Perkins and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bates.
SWARTHMORE, PA., APRIL 12, 1940
$2.50 PER YEAR
BUSINESS ASSOC. SPEAKER
Local Police Direct
Early Bandit Chase
Manata Opens Chase, Herr Closes
in With Radio Guided
Police
Wcldon B. Heyburn, state senator of
the ninth district, who will speak to
Swarthmore business men and women
at their April dinner meeting next
Monday at 7 P. M. at the Strath
Haven Inn.
DR. FINESHRIBER
AT WOMAN'S CLUB
Address    Upholding    American
Dream as Hope of World
Stirs Intent Audience
"The American Dream—Substance
or Shadow?" This was the question
eloquently discussed on Tuesday afternoon by Rabbi William H. Fineshriber
before the members of the Woman's
Club. In the light of recent events, it
was one of especial and tragic significance. Dr. Fineshriber of the Reformed
Congregation Keneseth Israel of Philadelphia, was presented to the C|ub by
Dr. Jcsic II> rniai. Holmes, professor
emeritus of philosophy of Swarthmore
College.
"The word 'America'," began Dr.
Fineshriber, "stands for more than a
continent, a physical unit—it means as
well, a mental state, a philosophy difficult to define because it is still a dream.
A dream still in the making, which is
nevertheless based on reality. It may be
centuries before it is fulfilled.
"The nature of the American dream
can be approximated. It is, first of all,
a dream of freedom. Yet it is a mistake
to feel that the earliest settlers had this
as their primary motive. They came to
the New World for economic reasons.
This was a place in which they could
make a living.
"One fundamental difference, however, existed between these early pioneers. Those from England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales brought with them
a great heritage. They were people who
had already made a definite stand
against the encroachment of foreign
power. Inspired by John Wiclif, who
fought the domination of the Roman
church, they had within them a sense
of rebellion, a willingness to battle for
individual rights.
"When they came to America, this
feeling expanded and the establishment
of ireedom became their highest objective, their dream. From the very first,
its attainment has been a slow, gradual process fraught with conflicts and
dissension. Dark forces have ever been
ready to break down the sense of freedom, of tolerance,  of right."
An essential of the American dream
is the establishment of a land of freedom of thought and action, he declared.
The action of the Dies Committee in
taking over records belonging to the
Communist Party in Philadelphia was in
direct opposition to this principle.
Dr. Fineshriber pointed out that the
way to eliminate Communism in this
country is not through such Nazi methods but through the changing of conditions, which have bred it. Such intolerable conditions, for example, as those
encountered by John Steinbeck's
"Oakies."
"What are we," demanded the speaker, "going to do about improving the
state of the "Oakies" and that of millions of other American citizens? First,
we must try to imagine a way of life
which will give these submerged millions a place in the sun. Each political
party has its dream of the way in
which this can be achieved.
"The Communists say, 'seize the power of government as they did in Russia.'
Naturally, it is annoying to have people
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Patrolman Charles Manata, of the
Swarthmore Police Department, spotted
a stolen car with four bandit occupants
at 3.35 A. M. Monday, and started alone
a pursuit in which police cars and men of
Swarthmore, Springfield, Ridley Township, Lansdowne, East Lansdowne,
Clifton Heights, Ridley Park, Glenolden,
Norwood, Sharon Hill, Yeadon, Darby,
Chester, and the Pennsylvania Motor
Police soon joined.
This first real test of two-way radio
proved the quick efficiency possible with
a police tie-up such as exists in this
locality. Three hours after a gas
station at the Exton crossroads, Route
100 and the Lincoln Highway, near
Dcwningtown was robbed of $31 in paper
and silver the four youthful perpetrators
were in the hands of police, captured in
three widely separated parts of the
county by three different groups of
officers.
At 2:15 A. M.i Swarthmore police
received from Chester and dispatched to
the Sharon Hill station, notice of a stolen
car, a 1936 green DeSoto airflow four
door sedan, the property of A. J. Biddle,
of Ridley Park, which had disappeared
from where it was parked in front of the
Freihofer Bakery at 12th and Chestnut
streets, Chester. At 3:28 the teletype
reported the Exton gas station had been
robbed at 3:05 A. M.
Seven minutes later patrolling in the
Borough police car, Officer Manata,
aware of the possibility that the bandits
would follow the course taken by another
group which had robbed in that same
territory some time ago, pulled into a
lane at the old Peck Estate to watch
Baltimore pike.
Scarcely had he arrived when the carload of bandits approached. Manata
broadcast h.hurried message to Servant
Thomas Bateman on duty in headquarters.
When their headlights spotted the police
car the bandits swerved into Swarthmore
avenue with the wheels of the law in
hot pursuit. At Ogden and Swarthmore avenues Manata forced the car onto
the curb. A resulting blow-out to one
of the tires disabled the automobile and
the occupants, three twenty-year-old
Chester men and a seventeen-year-old
girl, wife of one, took to their heels,
scattering across fields in the direction
of Emmons pool and Riverview road.
Nearby Police Join Chase
In this short while Bateman, busy at the
radio, had police of neighboring communities lending aid. Captain Alvin J. Herr
arrived to direct the search and assisted
by Radioman Robert Timmons, surrounded the district with police.
On the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks
behind the Morton plant of the Philadelphia Electric Company Harold Chandler,
of Springfield, nabbed William Marryott,
the first to be caught, shortly after the
four scattered from the car. Marryott
was on parole from the Broadmeadows
Prison Farm from which he was released
two months ago after serving five months
for several criminal jobs in Chester. An
hour later two Chester policemen spied
another two, Morris Ruckle, released a
year ago from Glen Mills Reformatory,
and his bride of a few months, Katherine,
walking the tracks of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, gave chase and cornered
them in a vacant house in Woodlyn. After
intense questioning by Captain Herr these
two revealed the other accomplice, Harold
McLaughlin, who was picked up at his
home within the next hour by Chester
police. The nickle-plated gun he used
in the hold-up and the money he had
taken were found in another house where
he had hidden them. All four prisoners
were turned over to Chester police and
held in jail without bail for court.
Monday afternoon Sergeant Anthony F.
Ferentz, of Springfield, and Captain
Herr worked with Chester police and
succeeded in clearing up several hitherto
unsolved robberies performed in Chester
during the past year, finding McLaughlin
responsible for the jobs.
Ruckle admittedly stole the two guns
used in the stick-up, one he said was
taken from his uncle. Tuesday morning
Captain Herr with Patrolmen Manata and
Henry A. Peirsol, Jr., and Detective
Anthony Granese, of Chester, took
Marryott to the spot where he was
caught and searching in the direction
he related he had thrown his gun, found
a 38 calibre blue steel Smith and Weston
revolver with five loaded cartridges ten
feet off the railroad, and behind a hedge-
Attendant Philip Boyer of the Exton
gas station, who has a habit of noting
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Community Dinner to
Honor Dr. Aydelotte
A community dinner in honor
of Dr. Frank Aydelotte will be
held on Monday, May 6. Dr. Aydelotte who will retire as president of Swarthmore College in
order to devote his entire time to
his directorship of the Institute
for Advanced Study, has accepted
the invitation to be present on
that date. A community committee is rapidly completing plans
which will be announced in next
week's issue of The Swarthmorean. In the meantime you are
urged to save the date in order
that you may share in this general expression of appreciation
for the generous consideration
Dr. Aydelotte has always extended the village and its residents.
WOMEN STAND
FIRM FOR PEACE
International League's Two-Day
Conference Here Considers
Community and World
Peace
'SHOWBOAT5 FILM
HERE TOMORROW
Famous Ferber Novel With Music
by Jerome Kern, Stars Robeson, Dunne, Morgan and .
Jones
The musical film, "Showboat", will be
the feature picture of the Swarthmore
College movies tomorrow? evening,
Saturday, April 13, at 7:15 and 9:20 in
Clothier Memorial. The Disney subject
will be "Farmyard Symphony", but because of the length of "Showboat" there
will be no short. These movies are free
to the townspeople and also to other
friends of the College.
"ShowboaJ:", produced by Carl
Laemmle, Jr., in 1936, is the film version
of Edna Ferber's novel of the same name.
One of the finest musical films ever made,
it is noted for the excellence of its music,
written by Jerome Kern, and its brilliant
array of- stars—Paul Robeson,. Irene
Dunne, Jtleieh" Morgan, Allan Jones,
Helen Westley and Charles Winninger.
Probably the.high spot of the picture is
Paul Robeson singing 'Ole Man River',
although Helen Morgan in her songs
'Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man' and 'My
Bill', and Irene Dunne and Allan Jones
in 'Make Believe' provide him with strong
competition.
The story is that of the showboat, "The
Cotton Blossom," and Cap'n Andy's
troupe. The showboat floats down the
river, playing to gaping rivermen and
their wives. Cap'n Andy's daughter,
Magnolia, falls in love with a wastrel.
The last of the series of moving pictures   at   the   College  in   the  present
academic year will be shown next Saturday night, April 20.   It will be the great
French picture, "Grand Illusion."
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FASHION SHOW, BRIDGE
The Evening Section will hold its
annual fashion show and bridge on Wednesday evening, April 17, at 8 o'clock at
the Woman's Club House.
The fashion show will be sponsored by
the Town and Country Shop of Media.
Clothes for every occasion will be shown
in an attractively decorated setting. They
will be modeled by Club members as well
as by professional models. Mrs. Lloyd
Leach will play the piano accompaniment.
The price admission includes both door
prize and table prize. Table reservations
will be held in the order in which they
are made. All reservations must be made
through Mrs. L. C. Hastings, telephone
Swarthmore 265-W. Club members
wishing to model are asked to call Mrs.
James F. Bogardus before Monday morning.
The annual State Conference of the
Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom closed its two-day
session here last Wednesday afternoon
with a tea given by Mrs. Frank Aydelotte. Some two hundred delegates
from Pennsylvania Leagues had attended the meetings which were held
at the Strath Haven Inn and, the Presbyterian  Church.
The conference assembled Tuesday
noon in the face of the tragic news of
Germany's seizure of Denmark and
Norway. Each session reiterated its firm
stand to press the cause of peace and
strengthen democractic principles as the
topic "Community and World Peace"
was developed by lecturers.
Business sessions accomplished the
adoption of important resolutions
among them, one urging the sharper
definition of the U. S. foreign policy;
another recommending the inclusion in
party platforms of planks on keeping
U. S. out of war, U. S. part in the
settlement of war or peace, relations
with South America, trade agreements,
international cooperation on economics,
labor, social and cultural problems, the
part of this country in the creation of
a new world government; and a vote
of confidence in those senators and representatives who supported the trade
agreement acts.
Recommended to the National League
by action taken here by the Pennsylvania League was the retention of the
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PROMINENT EDUCATOR
TO ADDRESS H. &  S.
AieyiuyW J. Stcddard, Superintend irt
of the Schools of Philadelphia, will speak
at the Home and School Association on
Tuesday evening, April 23rd, at 8 P. M.
As Dr. Stoddard is greatly sought after
as a public speaker, Swarthmore parents
and citizens have in store the rare privilege of hearing one of the ablest
recognized authorities, who is actively
engaged in directing trends in education.
Dr. Stoddard is and has long been a
national figure in the scene of American
education. He has served as leader of
public schools in our foremost cities.
Most recently, when the Philadelphia
School Board sought to find an outstanding new superintendent for the Philadelphia schools, Dr. Stoddard was engaged in Denver, Colorado, where he
served for a year after his Philadelphia
election. Formerly, the schools of Providence, Rhode Island, and Schenectady,
New York had benefited by his leadership.
He has been summer lecturer on the staff
of the universities of Panama, Yale,
Columbia, and Harvard.
In the front line of American educators,
Dr. Stoddard has served as President of
the American Association of School
Administrators, has been Chairman of the
Educational Policies Commission since its
establishment four years ago, is Chairman
of the National Committee on Teacher
Examinations and of the Committee on
Economic Education, as well as several
other national committees and commissions.
With rare vision for the actual needs
of the individual child, the individual
parent, and the individual teacher, Dr.
Stoddard will present one of the most
vital programs ever brought to Swarth-
irnore by the Home and School
Association.
THE WEEK'S CALENDAR
FRIDAY. APRIL 12
10:00 A. M. — Woman's   Association Presbyterian  Church
8:00 P. M. — Band Concert High School Auditorium
8:15 P. M. — Electa McKey: Art Lecture Friends' Meeting
8:30 P. M. — Sigma Xi Lecture Martin Lecture Boom
SATURDAY.   APRIL   13
10:45 A. M. lo 3:30 P. M.— Somerville Day at College... .See Story For Programs
7:15 and 9:20 P. M. — Moving Pictures Clothier Memorial
SUNDAY.   APRIL   14
11:00 A.M. — Morning Worship Local Churches
MONDAY.   APRIL  15
7:00 P. M. — Business Association Strath Haven Inn
8:30 P. M. — Legion Meeting Borough HaU
TUESDAY.  APRIL 16
2:30 P.M. — Joint Program with L. W. V Woman's Club
5:00 P. M. — Philosophy Department Lecture Bond Memorial
8:00 P.M. — Young ttepublican'a Club Strath Haven Inn
8:15 P. M. — "Skidding" Players Club House
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17
7:45 P. M. — Borough Council Borough HaU
8:00 P.M. — Evening Section Fashion Show Bridge Woman's Club
8:15 P. M. — "Skidding" Players Club House
THURSDAY.  APRIL 18
2:00 P. M. — Friendly Circle 307 North Chester Boad
5:00 P. M. — Philosophy Department Lecture Bond Memorial
8:15 P. M.— "Skidding" Players Club House
8:15 P. M. — Beethoven Concert, Chamber Music Clothier Memorial
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